MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_conus_nest/2510170000F045.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.98,-92.31 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -92.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 43 SFC 979 224 22.3 19.2 83 3.0 20.2 202 8 297.2 299.8 294.1 339.1 14.49 2 950 487 19.8 18.5 92 1.3 18.9 210 14 297.3 299.9 294.0 338.5 14.24 3 900 951 15.9 15.4 97 0.5 15.6 235 16 297.9 300.1 292.7 333.7 12.34 4 850 1436 14.8 -1.0 34 15.8 6.8 262 15 301.7 302.4 286.9 314.3 4.18 5 800 1946 12.4 -7.3 25 19.6 3.5 261 26 304.3 304.8 286.4 312.9 2.77 6 750 2482 8.6 -17.4 14 26.1 -0.7 269 25 305.9 306.2 285.4 310.1 1.29 7 700 3047 4.3 -7.2 43 11.4 -0.7 258 31 307.2 307.8 287.8 317.2 3.19 8 650 3645 -0.5 -6.8 62 6.4 -3.3 256 37 308.4 309.1 288.6 319.5 3.52 9 600 4279 -5.4 -9.9 70 4.5 -7.2 246 44 309.9 310.5 288.6 319.5 3.01 10 550 4956 -9.9 -13.6 74 3.7 -11.2 245 51 312.4 312.8 288.8 320.3 2.44 11 500 5685 -13.8 -16.0 83 2.2 -14.5 243 56 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.5 2.20 12 450 6482 -16.9 -19.0 84 2.1 -17.6 230 59 322.0 322.3 291.3 328.4 1.89 13 400 7355 -23.2 -25.7 80 2.5 -23.8 209 47 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.18 14 350 8318 -30.2 -33.2 75 3.0 -30.7 215 53 328.0 328.1 291.8 330.4 0.66 15 300 9396 -38.7 -41.8 72 3.1 -38.9 225 60 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10622 -48.4 -51.9 67 3.5 -48.6 226 82 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12066 -50.7 -71.6 7 20.9 -51.1 258 64 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13917 -56.7 -75.9 7 19.3 -56.9 242 48 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.01 19 100 16421 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 247 45 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.05 m Freezing level: 654.99 mb = 3584.95 m = 11761.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.10 mb = 2392.73 m = 7850.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.13 mb = 604.15 m = 1982.10 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.83 C/km ThetaE index: 28.95 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.00 mb = 912.99 m = 2995.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.27 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.57 C Cross Totals Index: 12.74 C K Index: 16.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.80 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 924.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.00 mb = 894.10 m = 2933.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.00 mb = 2361.06 m = 7746.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.00 mb = 10594.80 m = 34759.43 ft B at Equ Level: 924.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.00 mb = 13074.14 m = 42893.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: -16.2 tot: 63.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 87.76 m/s